diff --git a/src/xenia/base/logging.cc b/src/xenia/base/logging.cc
index 238969513..a113557ad 100644
--- a/src/xenia/base/logging.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/base/logging.cc
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@
 
 // For MessageBox:
 // TODO(benvanik): generic API? logging_win.cc?
+// TODO(dougvj): For now I just inlined a small difference for linux
 #if XE_PLATFORM_WIN32
 #include "xenia/base/platform_win.h"
 #endif  // XE_PLATFORM_WIN32
 
-DEFINE_string(
-    log_file, "",
-    "Logs are written to the given file (specify stdout for command line)",
-    "Logging");
+DEFINE_string(log_file, "",
+              "Logs are written to the given file (specify stdout/stderr "
+              "for command line)",
+              "Logging");
 DEFINE_bool(log_to_debugprint, false, "Dump the log to DebugPrint.", "Logging");
 DEFINE_bool(flush_log, true, "Flush log file after each log line batch.",
             "Logging");
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ class Logger {
     } else {
       if (cvars::log_file == "stdout") {
         file_ = stdout;
+      } else if (cvars::log_file == "stderr") {
+        file_ = stderr;
       } else {
         auto file_path = xe::to_wstring(cvars::log_file);
         xe::filesystem::CreateParentFolder(file_path);
@@ -330,6 +333,8 @@ void FatalError(const char* fmt, ...) {
     MessageBoxA(NULL, log_format_buffer_.data(), "Xenia Error",
                 MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR | MB_APPLMODAL | MB_SETFOREGROUND);
   }
+#elif XE_PLATFORM_LINUX
+  fprintf(stderr, fmt, args);
 #endif  // WIN32
   ShutdownLogging();
   std::exit(1);